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Edward H. Spicer

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Gender Male
Death40 years ago
Date of birth November 29,1906
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Cheltenham
Pennsylvania
United States
Date of died April 5,1983
DiedOld Fort Lowell
Tucson
Arizona
United States
SpouseRosamond Spicer
BooksThe Yaquis: A Cultural History
Cycles of conquest
People of Pascua
ChildrenLawson Spicer
Barry Spicer
Penny Spicer
Education The University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada
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Edward H. Spicer Life story


Edward Holland Spicer was an American anthropologist who combined the four-field approach outlined by Franz Boas and trained in the structural-function approach of Radcliffe-Brown and the University of Chicago. He joined the anthropology faculty at the University of Arizona in 1946 and retired from teaching in 1976.

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